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9592.000 Taraxacum - Dandelions
Description of the genus
Scapose perennial herbs with tap-roots. Leaves usually runcinate-pinnatifid, confined to a basal rosette. Scapes 1 or more, unbranched, hollow, each bearing 1 capitulum. Receptacle pitted but without scales. Phyllaries 2-seriate; outer spreading or recurved. Florets yellow, often with darker stripes on the outer side. Achenes ± terete, ribbed, muricate or echinate in upper part, with a long slender beak. Pappus of many series of simple rough white hairs. Worldwide: 60 species in temperate areas and South America, some worldwide weeds Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Flora of Mozambique: Taraxacum
Flora of Zambia: Taraxacum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): TaraxacumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Taraxacum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Taraxacum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Taraxacum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Taraxacum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Taraxacum
JSTOR Plant Science: Taraxacum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Taraxacum
Plants of the World Online: Taraxacum
Tropicos: Taraxacum
Wikipedia: Taraxacum
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